Instrument for use in drawing or painting.



Patented May 29, I900.

I J. VON PALLICH.

INSTRUMENT FOR USE IN DRAWING 0R PAINTING.

(Application filed June 27, 1899.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT Orrrcn.

JOHANN VON PALLICII, OF

GRAZ, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

INSTRUMENT FOI? USE IN DRAWING OR PAINTING.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 650,544, dated. May 29, 1900.

Application filed June 27, 1899.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHANN v'oN PALLICH, a subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, residing at Graz, Austria-Hungary, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Instruments for Use in Drawing or Painting; and I do declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

The object of this invention is to produce an instrument for use in drawing and painting having as its essential feature the arrangement ona cross-bar of one or more receptacles for colors, the lower open fiat or round end of each of which receptacles is closed by means of the inserted brush or pencil. The cross-bar is connected either with the hinged part of a holder adjustable in a sleeve or casing furnished with a sharp or blunt end or connected directly with the said holder. The ends of the sleeve or casing or the points of compass-arms adjustable on the cross-bar are thus capable of use as single or double compasses or as a drawingpen, with which lines or circles can be drawn at the same time in several colors.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of the general arrangement; Fig. 2, a side elevation of the holder, and Fig. 3 a perspective view of the cross-bar connected with the hinged part of the holder and having color-receptacles and compasses arranged thereon. Fig4 is a front elevation of another form of the instrument, and Fig. 5 is a side elevation of same.

The same parts are lettered to correspond in all the figures.

A brush or pencil a is placed in each of the chargers b, which serve as receptacles for the colors. The hair of the brush a' is inserted in the bottom open flat or round end of the charger b, so that the whole opening is closed up and only such a quantity of the color can percolate as has been used already in the forming of the lines. If the brush be strongly pressed out, the flow of the color will be retarded. In the upper part of the charger an elastic clamp c is arranged, which firmly holds the inserted brush. By the ar ran gement of several such chargers with Serial No. i'Z2,06fI. (No model-J.

brushes adjoining and in part following one another in succession whereby the several brushes are brought into contact with one another at will while the lines are being formed, the latter can be made as wide as may be desired. With the use of difierent colors a polychromatic line is produced, the several colors of which, being simultaneously applied, run into one another without any sharp division, whereby a very beautiful coloring effect is obtained. On the cross-bar d one or more of such chargers b may be arranged and secured by adjustable clamps c. This cross-bar is also furnished on the one side with a movable clamp f, in which the end of a compassarm g is adjustable in a vertical direction, and on the other side this cross-bar dis provided with an extension-piece h, which can be pushed into the hollow hinged part 'i of a handle Z, which latter is adjustable in a sleeve or casing 70. The sleeve or casing may be furnished with a sharp or a blunt end m.

In the form illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5 the.

chargers b are likewise arranged adj ustably on a cross-bar d by means of clamps e. The cross-bar in this construction is connected with a handle 91 in such a manner that the upper and lower edges of the cross-bar are free, so that the chargers can be pushed along over the middle of the cross-bar. This ar rangement comprises, further, two compassarms 0, which are attached to the common or mutual bar cl in a manner similar to that described above withreference to Fig. 1. These compass-arms 0 are also adjustable on the bar (1 by means of clamps or screws 19 and can be moved in a vertical direction in sleeves or casings. The two compass-arms form two compass-centers for the brushes, so that by using first one and then;the other as the center two continuously-overlappin g circles of difierent radius can be drawn without the necessity of putting down the instrument. In both. forms a further broader brush may be introduced as a common or mutual support, in which case the colors first flow onto this brush, and thence after being thoroughly mixed on the edges or borders of the several color-zones onto the surface on which the drawing is made. The width of the lines and curves depends principally on the number of the brushes fixed adjacent to one another and also on the height at which the compasspoints are adjusted, as upon the openings or months of the chargers being brought nearer to the drawing-surface the brushes will make a thicker line.

By the arrangement of blunt instead of sharp ends on the compass-arms the instrument is converted into a drawing-pen. Several of such sharp or blunt ends maybe apjustably mounted on said bar, a clamp at the upper open end of each receptacle, and a brush inserted lengthwise through each receptacleand adjustable lengthwise in said clamp.

2. An instrument for use in drawing and painting, comprising a bar having an extension h at one end, a holder having a hinged part to receive the said extension, a casing for said holder, a plurality of color-chargers adj ustably mounted on said bar, and a brush inserted through each charger and filling its open l ower end. H

In witness whereo'fI have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

- JOHANN V. PALLIOH, j

Witnesses ALvEsTo S. HOGUE, AUGUST FUGGER. 

